FIRST PLAYJWJ GUITARS PARLOUR & ORCHESTRA
We have to admit that we weren’t aware of JWJ Guitars until a few months ago when luthier Rich Jones visited us at HQ in order for us to sample his wares. Based in Shropshire, Rich began building guitars as a hobbyist 20 years ago, turning fully professional around 2018. With guitars a passion since his youth, Rich had found that his early builds were attracting a lot of attention on his local music scene with players queuing up for new instruments. Eventually, the decision was made to make guitar building his full-time occupation. “I was running a restaurant,” he tells us. “I’d always run pubs and restaurants and it was just hard work, doing all those hours and never being at home. So it just kind of made sense to do this and be around more, you
